3 hours ago, Khan said:

Because, those who work in this genre are so scared of losing their jobs that they close ranks, making it impossible for newcomers even to get a toehold. Gone are the days when you could cold call Irna Phillips (or her secretary) and ask whether she's needing any new writers on GL or ATWT, or Bill Bell would ask if you'd like to write a sample script for his show (Y&R) after interviewing him for your senior thesis.

THIS pretty much.

Takes me back to the days of when I would always try to get into the ABC writing program.

On 3/19/2026 at 9:57 AM, DramatistDreamer said:

was thinking that, if you look at pics of Jasmine Guy as a child, she would have a resemblance to Deanna.

Although, nobody is going to look more like Jasmine than her actual daughter Imani

I do like how Anita has (re)built a rapport with her former sons-in-law. Yes, the circumstances can seem somewhat contrived but the actors are playing their onscreen chemistry well.

I definitely see it though the actress's demeanor makes me think so much of a young Victoria Rowell.

And also true on that.

I admit that I've been so busy with some serious life transitioning that I didn't catch that Anita really has managed to build her own rapports with her former sons-in-law. That's a pretty great catch that will be interesting to see if it develops more down the road.

Max was stabbed. Did anyone from the police show up to question him? I guess they're all busy looking for Hayley's mugger, which the show seems to have forgotten about.

LOL at Smitty saying he'd protect Max. How exactly does that work?

Wow! Today was definitely a tear jerker.

I don't know who wrote Anita's little "soliloquy" when she was discussing the DNR, but that took me out. Awesome job.

Lol!

30 minutes ago, MontyB said:

Lol!

This made me lol so hard that my wine sprayed from my nose!